Dean Van Nguyen Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ireland

Freelance writer specialising in music and culture. As seen in The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, The Dubliner, NME, Pitchfork, Wax Poetics, The Atlantic, Passion of the Weiss, Clash, The Deli, AU, PopMatters, AllHipHop.com, Ghettoblaster and others.

Dublin

Dublin-based quarterly pop culture publication with 12 issues published to date. Subject matters includes music, film, art, literature, the internet, media, technology, books, politics, sexuality, gender, beauty and current affairs.Manage the daily operations of the magazine with full responsibility for editorial content and policies. Other duties include budgeting, administration, staff planning and leadership, sales, marketing, circulation and distribution while directing a team of volunteer writers, editors and photographers in international locations. Also manage internet presence including online store, blog and social networking. Liase with artists, labels, managers and public relations firms to coordinate interviews, photo shoots and events.

Editor of InBusiness and Business Ireland quarterly publications and yearbooks. Duties and responsibilities include writing, editing, commissioning, directing design, budgeting, production, client liaison and other administration. Business Ireland nominated for Irish Magazine Award (December 2012). Also Editor of Treating Obesity, Deputy Editor of Síocháin and Sub Editor of Ear to the Ground Annual 2013.

Began as an intern assigned to support the managing editor. Duties included subediting, editorial contributing, managing subscriptions and managing competitions. Upon completing my internship I was offered a temporary position in the sales department. There my duties involved selling advertising space, identifying and making contact with potential new clients and various administration.